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A U.S. Marine walks past joint light tactical vehicles during a Balikatan drill at Naval Base Camilo Osias, Philippines, March 26, 2022. (Madison Santamaria/U.S. Marine Corps)

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2022-09-09/philippines-military-bases-american-forces-7265559.html

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Oct 4, 2023Army Lt. Col. Eric Ackles, commander of 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, speaks at the unit’s reactivation ceremony Oct. 4, 2023, at Katterbach Kaserne in Ansbach Germany.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-10-04/new-air-defense-battalion-europe-11593369.html

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Dec 5, 2023Col. Crystal Hills, seen here at her change of command ceremony in Kaiserslautern in June 2022, was removed as commander of the 405th Army Field Support Brigade by Maj. Gen. David Wilson, head of …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-12-05/brigade-commander-fired-12260886.html

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Dec 15, 2022The EWG analysis concluded the chemicals can be found at 116 military bases worldwide with about 640,000 people drinking contaminated water annually.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-12-15/military-troops-contaminated-drinking-water-8434278.html

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May 26, 2024The Air Force last week released in-flight photos of the B-21 Raider, the nation’s newest nuclear stealth bomber. Testing is ongoing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., according a base news …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-05-26/air-force-b-21-raider-test-flight-13983832.html

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Aug 11, 2023″The United States Army inspector general agency has concluded its investigations into allegations against Maj. Gen. Eric K. Little with several substantiated findings,” service spokeswoman …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-08-11/army-national-guard-general-fired-sexism-allegations-11015615.html

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Jan 23, 2024Vice Adm. Thomas Ishee, center, U.S. 6th Fleet commander, reviews a chart aboard the Italian navy aircraft carrier ITS Cavour in the Adriatic Sea on Feb. 24, 2023.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-01-23/navy-europe-africa-sixth-fleet-12726427.html

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Jun 3, 2023Air Force Master Sgt. Adrienne Clark is escorted from the courtroom Saturday at RAF Mildenhall, England. A jury in her court-martial found her guilty Saturday of possession of child pornography …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-06-03/master-sergeant-reduction-confinement-10324757.html

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Dec 5, 2023U.S. Army Sgt. Maciel Hay, a cavalry scout with 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, poses for a photo after graduating sniper school at Fort Moore, Ga., Nov. 3, 2023.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-12-05/first-female-army-sniper-12262861.html

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Wi-Fi, cigarettes and hot tea. Also facilitating communication with evacuees is the cultural engagement team. The core of the team consists of two public affairs officers and two Special Forces …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2021-09-07/communication-key-to-ramstein-evacuee-support-2801141.html

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Wisconsin-based shipbuilder Fincantieri Marinette Marine is slated to deliver the frigate in 2026, USNI News reported Wednesday. The Constellation is the first frigate built for the service since …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-09-01/frigate-navy-warship-7178454.html

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Apr 17, 2023Army Capt. Luke Ebeling crawls under razor wire during the second day of the Best Ranger Competition, Saturday, April 15, 2023, at A.J. McClung Memorial Stadium in Columbus, Ga. Ebeling and his …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-04-17/75th-regiment-best-ranger-competition-9833399.html

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One game, staged at Madison Square Garden in 1948, attracted 15,000 spectators. Over the next four decades, new wars in Korea, Vietnam and the Persian Gulf led to increased pressure to …

https://www.stripes.com/sports/2021-08-29/paralympics-ties-us-military-veterans-2707070.html

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Apr 16, 2024A Marine veteran who firebombed a Planned Parenthood clinic in California and plotted other acts of domestic terrorism while serving on active duty was sentenced to nine years in prison this week.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-04-16/marine-molotov-sentenced-13565704.html

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Aug 21, 2024American B-2 Spirits recently deployed to eastern Australia for the first bomber task force mission there in over two years. An undisclosed number of aircraft, support personnel and equipment …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-08-21/b2-spirit-stealth-bombers-australia-14931037.html

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Jun 16, 2023The Air Force is six months into a two-year plan to replace 48 aging F-15C/D fighters of the 44th and 67th Fighter Squadrons with rotating squadrons of more modern aircraft, including the fifth …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-06-16/fighter-jet-rotations-kadena-okinawa-10455598.html

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They tell the stories of the lives lost and of grieving family members like Beth Hartman, who married Pfc. Roger Madison Hartman on Aug. 31, 1970, the day he turned 20 and she turned 18.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-07-30/grafenwoehr-exhibit-37-US-soldiers-1971-helicopter-crash-2373624.html

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Mar 14, 2024The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower will remain in service through the decade’s end, shelving plans that once called for the second-oldest Nimitz-class aircraft carrier to leave the fleet as early as …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-03-13/eisenhower-aircraft-carriers-navy-13310197.html

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In October, three teenage boys were arrested for allegedly smashing a stolen car into a gate at a Wisconsin National Guard unit at an airport near Milwaukee. A security guard fired a round in that …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/air-force-investigating-bizarre-gate-crashing-incident-at-nellis-in-nevada-1.559606

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Feb 15, 2023The site of Camp Essayons, a former U.S. Army outpost in Uijeongbu, South Korea, is set to become a 24-acre public park by December 2025. (Christopher Green/Stars and Stripes)

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-02-15/camp-essayons-army-korea-park-9143818.html

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